Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The Editor's Notepod, Tues., Dec. 30, 2008

Wallingford: Electric division charges to rise. This apparently has more to do with transmission and distribution costs than generation. Figure.

Meriden: City building fees to go up? Given the potential profit developers can make, given the relative shortage of undeveloped land in Meriden, and given the fact that the fees haven’t been changed since the 1980s, these fee increases look pretty minimal. I’d charge a lot more, frankly. Times won’t always be bad.

Meriden: this trash business gets more and more curious. City has put off bidding on new internal contract to see where and how the inter-municipal trash collection system will go. Which makes sense. And I guess we’ll have to cross the bridge about whole city or no city pickup of garbage, also. A difference between 14,000 tons and 30,000 tons is significant. Meanwhile, CRRA decides today whether to buy or sell the plant. Given that all 5 towns have opted for the competition’s offer, you’d think CRRA would bow out gracefully, as it’s theoretically non-profit. But betting is they’ll buy. And then what?

Southington: the charter revision panel gets its first marching orders.

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